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For those who prefer drama to mathematics: See also Magic + Flute in this journal.
(Continued from Nov. 16, 2013.) The 48 actions of GL(2,3) on a 3×3 array include the 8-element quaternion group as a subgroup. This was illustrated in a Log24 post,…
From the online Encyclopaedia Britannica: Piero della Francesca, original name Piero di Benedetto dei Franceschi (born c. 1416/17, Sansepolcro, Republic of Florence [Italy]— died Oct. 12, 1492, Sansepolcro), painter whose serene, disciplined exploration…
(For Columbus Day.) See Con Vocation.
Dialogue from “Django Unchained” — “What’s a bounty?” “It’s like a reward.” Today’s noon post links to posts on Tony Scott that in turn lead to… A post from June…
This post is a sequel to Pythagorean Selfie (Sept. 30, 2014) and October Nine: Lyche at Bodø. Today’s Instagram photos from Josefine Lyche, still at Bodø: The figure at…
“Chase worked for years to make a movie of ‘The Threepenny Opera.’ He finally got it done in 1989 as ‘Mack the Knife,’ with Menahem Golan directing.” —…
(The phrase is from Don DeLillo and Josefine Lyche.) See “Complex Grid.” See as well Bill O’Reilly’s remark, “Do not be a coxcomb,” and an artist‘s self-portrait: Grid…
(Continued from Sept. 3, 2009) George Steiner on chess: "At the sight of a set, even the tawdriest of plastic pocket sets, one’s fingers arch and a coldness…
(Continued from Grids and Space and posts tagged Riddle for Caltech)